Avocado salads for summer days

I find it hard to stop myself getting bossy whenever I see people squeezing all the avocados at the supermarket. No doubt they are trying to find a perfect specimen, but in the process they almost always damage the fruit. There’s nothing more disappointing than cutting into a ripe avocado only to find brown marks in the flesh where those inconsiderate folk have squeezed and prodded before moving onto another one.
Hass avocado are in season and plentiful now. Unless you really must eat your avocado the same day, buy fruit with green skin that is just starting to show hints of a darker olive ...

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